Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-16
/. o. G. T. COLUMN.
Edited andConducted by the Independent
Order of Good Templars.

O We men of Warren county.-Ye
who have such grand mountains,
such magnificent scenery, such purity
of atmosphere, such delicious water,
so many natural resources out of
which to make a living, let me ask
you-why do you persist in perpet-
uating a flow of the hated and dread
ed and death-dealing brandy cur
rent? God made the mountains a
great treasure house of minerals and
also to be a grand reservoir to gather
the wintryrains and SHOWS to fill the
springs and wells with cold, pure
water for mans use in summer. But
what have you done? Answer you
have made the mountains the very
fountain head of the brandy river of
death, sending currents of liquor fire
into 1.-THE already ruined homes
of thousands Of your fellow men;
homes! 1 said rlet me change the
expression a little, you have robbed
them-maDyof them of their homes
by yourGo distributing agents the
saloonistsv wand forced their wives
aud childred into poverty and degree
dationgij bGo1IihT u
s1anlgGl 10 nerhL-
grSelling blood say that the State
gets $3.50, 900 revenue from the liquor
traffic, for which wdgive 5000 human
beings every year, then we are re-
quired to sell men soul and body for
thirty dollars per head. But the
thirty tdollarsa are needed to keep up
State expensesAso mother hand over
your son-this is Charley isn't it?
He don't bleed freely. Poor fellow
he's drunk. noOut with another boy.
Iqus ii tI-JL
Buying votes. 4" We car buy 'em!"
sect 'em drunk first" Hurrah!
Judas done sold out and gone and
hung himselfip "Tell 'em not to
hang themselves till after the lee
tion." io< .
Yelling in the black air! Little
preachers! Cont of place on the
rostrum making temperance speech
es!" Hold, till you learn, fault-ind-
er. Who is that upon,rthe forum at
Cesarea piercing kings and governors
with shaking horrors Paul, max
ing a temperance speech.
o ~ yGiIspi--o3
Rulers, see their character, Exodus
IS, q. cable men, such as fear God,
men of truth, hating covetousness.
Place such over the people to be
rulers bible btaa.a .t ,ynaqma
The dram shop tiptoes and pipes
out, "we'Il pint 'em, them roolers
yer talkin' bout. We got 'em
speaker now for us share agin the
menment agina the preachers agin
the churches an arter awhile we'll
all bee agin the Sundal law an hev
pursunel llberteeI on tee stronger en-
sasafac tee, raw for -A24!" hush
don't tell ever thing you kk1npe.p
The old liquor lion is, drunk and
bleeding. Come hither We. eagles OF
the air to the feast. Don't be afraid
of the human bones in the lair of this
old b~eastWbones of babies, bones Of
little girls and boys, bones Of young
men and maidens, bones of dear old
mothers be around on the ground
Of the beast soaked in the blood
Of all nations, Come American
eagles and deyour him.. tm.. rrua.
dt l9JTol yITT1Tls brt .u10t n
Against liquor T" and yet against
its prohibition Let this false phil
osophy be now exposed :d,fr+
Against lying, but against its pro
hibition. Against stealing, but don't
say by law thou shalt not steal,'
Against murder, but, don't say by
law thou shalt not kill" Agains'
pistols, but do not say 50 by law.
Against Bowie knives, but do moi
say so by law, Against filth in the
Enthusiastically in the park-ob
structions Of thoroughfares-rapit
driving in densely streets ,bu'
don't force these things out by law
Let themstayas /" temptations tina.
strong men are to be exercised by
Let the stenches of the back alley.
stay, they will make your nose
healthier in the end.
Let the distractions remain on tn,
thorough fares they will exercise
your patience.
Let the reckless drivers dash head
long through the crowded streets